Adjustable slip



April 22, 1958 E. M. HUNCZAK 2,831,194

ADJUSTABLE' SLIP Filed Nov. 25, 1955 INVENTOR. :Erner'ald M Hunczcd( BKM v di i ys.

@eine States Page1110,

ADJUSTABLE SLIP Emerald M. Hunczak, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application November 25, 1955, Serial No. 549,012

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-75) i My invention relates to improvements in undergarments, particularly adjustable slips for growing girls, an object of the invention being to provide an adjustable construction in a childs slip by virture of which the garment may be readily fitted to a child at the outset and reiitted from time to time as the child continues to grow.

Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable slip, as aforesaid, constructed to render the same sightly and comfortable in wear in all stages of adjustment thereof, a further object being to provide such a construction in relatively simple, durable and inexpensive form.

More particularly it is an object of my invention to provide a childs slip having shoulder straps attached to the bodice, said slip being constructed with adjustable means to gather the material of the bodice longitudinally and hold it thus gathered along lines laligned with the lower portions of the shoulder straps.

' A further object is to provide in a slip, as aforesaid, additional elastic means, admitting of variation in the girth of the bodice, which means are incorporated at least in the sides of the garment and serve yieldingly to gather the material of the bodice laterally between the longitudinal material-gathering lines of the aforementioned adjustable gathering means.

Other objects of the invention reside in the novel cornbination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter illustrated and/or described.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of an adjustable slip constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the slip shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatical sectional view taken as on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, the same showing the disposition ofthe elastic gathering band in relation to the draw strings at the waistline of the illustrated garment.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing an alternative arrangement of the elastic gathering band in relation to the draw strings at the waistline in a modification ofthe illustrated garment.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Figs. 4 and 5 showing a further alternative disposition of the elastic band material in relation to the draw strings at the waistline of another modification of the illustrated slip.

Reference being had to the drawing, it will be observed that my improved slip includes a bodice A and a skirt B which is attached at its upper portion to the lower portion of said bodice A by lines of stitching x, y the junction between skirt B and bodice A constituting the waistline a of said slip. The slip has two shoulder straps b which are oppositely offset from the medial longitudinal plane extending forwardly and rearwardly of the garment. The front portion 10 of each shoulder strap b is attached at the end thereof to the upper marginal portion of the terial of the bodice 2,831,194 .Pifenfed Apr-...22, 1,95%

2 front 11 of the bodice A, while the rear portion 12A of each shoulder strap b is attached at its end to the upper marginal portion of the back 13 of said bodice A.,

Means are provided for gathering the material of the bodice longitudinally thereof, said gathering means con-4 sisting of sets of coacting elements which, as shown in the drawing, are in the form of draw strings. For veach of the front and rear portions 10, 12 of each of the shoulder straps b, the garment has a pair of draw strings, there being an upper draw string 14 and a lower draw string 15, the former having a xed end 14a secured to the upper portion of the bodice A, and the latter having a fixed end 15EL secured to the lower portion of the bodice A. A *'51 The fixed ends 14a, 15a of both draw strings 14, of each pair, are disposed in line with the corresponding portion of their respective shoulder strap b. The loosef` ends of the draw strings 14, 15 of each pair meet for tying intermediately of the upper and lower portions of the-bodice A and may b e tied together, as by a bow knot 16, to gather the material of the bodice longitudi. nally thereof in varying degrees, to fit the bodice length-l wise to the growing child wearing the garment. Guide means are provided on the bodice A for each of the pairs of draw strings 14, 15, such means including a band 11 attached to the bodice A and extending from the fixed end 14' of the upper draw string 14 to the ixed end 15' of the lower draw string 15. In its attachment to the. bodice A, this band 17 is stitched along its edges, by` lines.'A of stitching z to the bodice A and together with the `maprovidesA an elongated casing" clinl which the draw strings 14,15 of one of the pairs-'of'. such strings are strung. The band 17 of each string-comf, taining casing c is formed intermediately thereof with laterally extending slit 19 through whichthe free endsf.,y of its corresponding draw strings 14, 15 are drawn'aril.` exposed for tying to gather the material of the bodice` A longitudinally and hold the same gathered, as desired.l When the four pairs of draw strings 14, 15 are correspondingly tied to hold the bodice longitudinally gathered, the weight of the bodice A and skirt B is placed upon said draw strings. Since the fixed ends 14a, 15B of eachpair'f" of the said draw strings 14, 15 are in line with their Y, respective end portion of their respective shoulder strap b, the tied draw strings of each pair are also disposed in such line with the result that the weight of the garment proper is taken up directly by the shoulder straps b without distortion of the bodice j In addition to the aforesaid gathering means for gather. ing the material of the bodice' A longitudinally, I also .f provide elastic gathering means for yieldingly gathering said material laterally of the bodice. This elastic gathering means consists primarily of an elastic waistband 20'.' contained within a casing or header a1 provided at 4the junction between skirt B and bodice A at the waistlinea.

of theslip.v This casing a1 is formed byan inner fabric" band 21 in conjunction with the`bodice A'and skirt 1Bu 'to which said fabric band is stitched by the lines of stitching 22 and 23, respectively. In a slip-over garment of the type illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3, the elastic waistband 20 preferably extends around the sides and across the back 13 of the garment. The ends of said elastic band 20 in such case are fixed to the garment, as by the said lines of stitching z applied to the bands 17 of the casing c, at the localities where the corresponding fixed ends 15a of the lower draw ystrings 15 are attached to the front 11 of the garment. This fixing of the ends of the elastic band 20 to the garment is best seen in Fig. 4.

If the garment is of the back-opening type, the elastic waistband 20 will preferably extend around the sides and across the front 11 of the garment, as shown in Fig. 5,.

and the ends offsa'id elastic band 20 in such case will be Xed, asby said` stitching z, to the back 13 of the garment at the points of attachmentof the fixed ends a of the lower draw strings 15.` Should the utmost. smoothness of, fitat both front and back of the garment. bedesired, the elastic band materialwill be omitted at those localities, while retaining the said band material at. the sides of the garment in the form of two elastic side band sections as shown in Pig. 6. As to such elastic side band sections 208, the front end of each thereof will be iixedv to the front 11 of the garment, as by the said stitching z, at the pointof attachment thereto of the fixed end 15a ofits corresponding lower draw string 15 and the rear end of each elastic side band 20a will be similarly iixed to the rear 13 of the garment at the point of attachment thereto ofthe xed end 15a of its corresponding lower drawstring 15. Normally retracted, the elastic band 20 and, correspondingly, the alternative elastic band sections 20a, hold the material of the garment gathered along the same, such band 20 or band sections 20a yielding to admit of expansion of the gathered material.

The elastic gathering means for gathering the material of' the garment laterally may additionally include spaced parallel elastic threads 24 stitched into the material of each side of the bodice A between its upper and lower portions; These elastic threads Z4 extend laterally of the bodice between the lines along which the material. of the bodice is longitudinally gathered by their corresponding drawstrings 14, 15 at front and back of the garment and, liltek the elastic gathering band 20, or the alternative elastic band sections 20a, said elastic threads 24 normally. hold the material of the bodice-A gathered laterally, while yielding to' admit of expansion of the same.

In a slip constructed in accordance with my invention and suited for re-iitting to a particular child in the course of her growth, the elastic means yieldingly holding the material of the garment gatheredl laterally will be stretched butlittle, if at all, when the slip is initially put on the child. The draw strings 14, 15, however, will be drawn and tied to hold gathered longitudinally the material of the bodice to thefull capacity of said draw strings. Thereafter, from time to time, as the child grows, the draw strings 14, 15 will be re-tied progressively to diminish the extent to which the material of the bodice is held gathered, thereby, in eiect, increasing the length of the bodice to suit the increased height of the wearer. Concurrently, the elastic means yieldingly holding the material of the garment. gathered laterally will stretch in accommodation of the increased girth of the wearer.

From the foregoing, it is seen that I have provided a desirable garment construction in simple and inexpensive form which may be readily adjusted to tit a child as the child grows, and which is sightly and comfortable in wear at all times.

Changes in the specific form of the invention, as herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described thev invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is:

1. A childs' garment in the form of a slip comprising.

a bodice, a skirt attached at its upper portion to the lower portion of the bodice, the junction between bodice and skirt constituting the waistline of the garment, two shoulder straps oppositely offset sidewise from the medial longitudinal plane of the slip extending forwardly and rearwardly thereof, each shoulder strap having a front portion and a rear portion attached to the upper portion of the bodice at the front and rear thereof, respectively, a .pair of draw strings for each of said portions of each shoulder strap, one draw string of each pair of such strings having a fixed end secured to the upper portion of the bodice, the other draw string of the pair having a fixed end secured to the lower portion of the bodice, the fixed ends of both draw strings of each pair of such strings being disposed in line with their respective portion of their respective shoulder strap, the loose ends of the draw strings of each pair of such strings meeting for tying intermediately'of said upper and lower portions of said bodice, guide means on the bodice for said draw strings, the said" draw strings serving to gather the material of the bodice longitudinally of the garment, the bodice having elastic gatheringmeans incorporated in each side portion thereof at the waistline of the garment between the front` and rear draw strings at. the corresponding side of the garment, said elastic gathering means yieldingly gathering the material of such side portion of the bodice laterally of the garment.

2. A childs garment in the form of a slip comprising a bodice, a skirt attached at its upper portion to the lower portion of the-bodice, two shoulder straps oppositely oliset sidewise of the garment from the longitudinal medial plane thereof, each shoulder strap having a front portion and a; rear portion attached to the upper portion of the bodice-at. the front and rear thereof, respectively, said bodice having a set of manually adjustable coacting gathf ering elements thereon for each of said portions of each shoulder strap, the elements of each set extending longi-y tudinally in alignment with each other and being disposedirr linewith their respective portion ot their respective shoulder strapv and coasting to hold the material of the bodice variably gathered longitudinally of the garment in selected degree according to the manual adjustments made in' said sets of coacting elements, thereby variably to tix the overall length of the garment from the upper edge of the. bodice to the hem of the skirt, the bodice having elastic gathering means incorporated in each side portion thereof between the front and rear sets of manually adjustable gathering elements at the corresponding sideof the garment, said elastic gathering means yieldingly gathering the material of such side portion of the bodice laterally ofthe garment.

References Cited in the. file of this/patent UNITED. STATES PATENTS 2,616,086 Isaacson et al. Nov. 4, 1952 2,632,177' McFerin Mar. 24, 1953 2,660,730 Nordling Dec. l, 1953 2,718,639 Blatt Sept. 27, 1955 2,719,302 Cooperman Oct. 4, 1955 

